 Miniver mourned the ripe renown That made so many a name so fragrant; He mourned Romance, now on the town, And Art a vagrant. Miniver loved the Medici, Albeit he had never seen one; He would have sinned incessantly Could he have been one.  Modern American Poetry - Pagina 112editat de - 1921 - 406 paginiVizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Sheppard Dashiell, Harlan Logan - 1907 - 930 pagini
...not, And dreamed, and rested from his labors; He dreamed of Thebes and Camelot, And Priam's neighbors. Miniver mourned the ripe renown That made so many...never seen one; He would have sinned incessantly Could be have been one. Miniver cursed the commonplace, And eyed a khaki suit with loathing; He missed the... | |
 | 1919 - 1538 pagini
...pray the gods to give him joy." Then we have the sad case of " Miniver Cheevy, child of scorn," who "loved the Medici, Albeit he had never seen one, He...And eyed a khaki suit with loathing He missed the medixval grace Of iron clothing." Mr. Robinson's humor is not the sort that makes you laugh aloud;... | |
 | Edwin Arlington Robinson - 1910 - 152 pagini
...not, And dreamed, and rested from his labors; He dreamed of Thebes and Camelot, And Priam's neighbors. Miniver mourned the ripe renown That made so many...loathing; He missed the mediaeval grace Of iron clothing. 898J Miniver scorned the gold he sought, But sore annoyed was he without it; Miniver thought, and thought,... | |
 | 1918 - 2030 pagini
...And dreamed, and rested from his labors; He dreamed of Thebes and Camelot, And Priam's neighbors. \ Miniver mourned the ripe renown That made so many...And eyed a khaki suit with loathing; He missed the medieval grace Of iron clothing. Miniver scorned the ftold he sought, But sore annoyed was he without... | |
 | Marguerite Ogden Bigelow Wilkinson, Marguerite Wilkinson - 1919 - 474 pagini
...their best in his drolly pathetic little poem about "Miniver Cheevy" (O masterly nomenclature!) who loved the Medici — " Albeit he had never seen one;...would have sinned incessantly Could he have been one." It would be well nigh impossible to forget a man who "missed the mediaeval grace Of iron clothing."... | |
 | Joyce Kilmer - 1921 - 328 pagini
...were not romantic to their contemporaries. Says Edwin Arlington Robinson: Minniver loved the Medici And eyed a khaki suit with loathing; He missed the mediaeval grace Of iron clothing. Exactly. Minniver Cheevy was a true romanticist. A plumed knight, armed cap-a-pie, is a romantic figure... | |
 | Louis Untermeyer - 1922 - 424 pagini
...not, And dreamed, and rested from his labors; He dreamed of Thebes and Camelot, And Priam's neighbors. Miniver mourned the ripe renown That made so many...loathing; He missed the mediaeval grace Of iron clothing. 1 Reprinted by permission of the publishers, Charles Scribner's Sons, from The Town down the River... | |
 | Carolyn Wells - 1923 - 804 pagini
...not, And dreamed and rested from his labors; He dreamed of Thebes and Camelot And Priam's neighbors. Miniver mourned the ripe renown That made so many...Miniver scorned the gold he sought, But sore annoyed he was without it; Miniver thought and thought and thought And thought about it. Miniver Cheevy, born... | |
 | Alban Bertram De Mille - 1923 - 552 pagini
...And dreamed, and rested from his labors; He dreamed of Thebes and Camelot, And Priam's neighbors. is Miniver mourned the ripe renown That made so many...town, And Art, a vagrant. Miniver loved the Medici, 20 Albeit he had never seen one; He would have sinned incessantly Could he have been one. EDWIN ARLINGTON... | |
 | Edwin Almiron Greenlaw, William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1923 - 648 pagini
...And dreamed, and rested from his labors; He dreamed of Thebes and Camelot, 1 1 And Priam's neighbors. Miniver mourned the ripe renown That made so many...so fragrant; He mourned Romance, now on the town, 15 And Art, a vagrant. •From The Town Down the Rieer; copyright, 1910, by Charles Scribncr'a Sons.... | |
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